circumscriptio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From circumscribō + -tiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈskriːp.ti.oː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠kriːpt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈskrip.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈskript̪͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
circumscrīptiō f (genitive circumscrīptiōnis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | circumscrīptiō | circumscrīptiōnēs |
| Genitive | circumscrīptiōnis | circumscrīptiōnum |
| Dative | circumscrīptiōnī | circumscrīptiōnibus |
| Accusative | circumscrīptiōnem | circumscrīptiōnēs |
| Ablative | circumscrīptiōne | circumscrīptiōnibus |
| Vocative | circumscrīptiō | circumscrīptiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: circumscripció
- → English: circumscription
- → French: circonscription
- → Galician: circunscrición
- → Italian: circoscrizione
- → Portuguese: circunscrição
- → Romanian: circumscripție
- → Spanish: circunscripción
References[edit]
- “circumscriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumscriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumscriptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.